oh da baby

this week was SO much better than last week.   well, work-wise anyway.   joaquin was back at my mother-in-law’s for chunks of time so i was able to be more productive.  so that was good.
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HOWEVER.   poor jrb contracted his first cold and he had a few days of pure misery.  i felt awful for him, but then i also felt awful for us.   thank GOD aaron recovered from his flu-ish thing he had last week just in time to help me get through this week.

note to self: i’m never bringing joaquin around other kids, ever.   he had a play date with the most adorable kiddos last week, but the very next morning he woke up with a little cough, and then it slowly progressed into a coughy-sneezy-runny nose situation.   BAH.   he only actually had ONE terrible night of sleep, but overall he was just so pitiful.  i felt so bad for him.

joaquin turned SEVEN MONTHS yesteday.   kazoinks.

today we went for a run along the beach, and it was glorious.   then i came home, played with my buddy, showered and then headed to hollywood to get a mani/pedi with my mother-in-law.  it was my birthday present and lo,  it was glorious.  i came home and mowed down a salad with aaron, then we caught up on "the americans" and ate some desserts and now i’m enjoying a beer before we call it a night.

these days — 

joaquin is loving:

– when we say I-I-I-I- LO-O-O-O-VE YOU–U-U-U-!
– watching our eyebrows go up & down
– practicing his walking skills
– mimicking how he thinks we look when we talk
– biting me while nursing (this is SO NOT GOOD, but he thinks he’s so funny!?  WTF)
– going for walks strapped to papa in his ergo
– going for runs along the beach (well, he’s only done this once, but he seemed to really enjoy it)
– FOOD.  ALL OF THE FOOD.   there’s nothing he won’t eat.   we give him tastes of our food, and we’ve blended up salads in his baby bullet.  he says: YES PLEASE MORE NOW.
– bath time splashing
– spending time in the crawl position
– being naked
– peek-a-boo
– animal noises
– baby genius DVDs
– when i brush my teeth with the electric tootbrush

momma is loving:

– fitting in all pre-pregnancy clothes
– weighing in at my pre-pregnancy weight
– starting to get back into an actual fitness regimen
– completing three projects in the past two weeks (which equals FINALLY getting paid this year!)
– wine on friday nights (and saturday, and maybe sunday)
– the walking dead
– anticipation of a birthday spa day – maybe next weekend? 
– anticipation of a weekend in palm desert for coachella (april 12-14
– anticipation of aaron’s sister coming for a visit
– anticipation of my parents coming in june

momma is TRYING to be more positive about:

– figuring out a work/momma/wife balance
– being self-employed and not knowing how to predict the future
– owing the IRS a shit-ton of money based on doing a terrible job of estimating my estimated taxes in 2012 (d’oh!)
– upcoming work travel to SF and Philadelphia

ok.   that was helpful.   now a quick episode of "girls" while i finish mah beer and then we’ll call it a night.